Angeline "Ann" Serrino Agresti

Angeline (Ann) Agresti died December 2, 2025, aged 102, at Bermuda Village. Born in Albany, NY, to Italian immigrant parents who encouraged education and assimilation, Ann was an educator in one form or another throughout her long life. She was preceded in death by her husband M. Conrad Agresti, Jr and four siblings – sister Sue McGraw, and brothers Andrew and Anthony Serrino, and Joseph Sarriano. Ann is survived by her daughter, Carol (Mark) Zimmerman of Raleigh, NC, her son Michael Conrad Agresti (daughter-in-law Alice M. Weisz) of Virginia Beach, VA, granddaughters Brigid Agresti of Arlington, VA and Kristen (Michael) McClelland, great-grandson Michael McClelland III, and great-granddaughter Kayleigh McClelland of Rockledge, FL.

Ann earned high honors at Albany High School, followed by her attainment of a Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education from the State University of New York at Oneonta. While pursuing her degree, Ann aided the war effort helping Singer Sewing Machine, Co. manufacture bomb sight components. Ann continued her education through her working career by obtaining a Master of Science degree in Education Administration and Supervision from Hofstra University, and an advanced degree in Administration and Supervision from New York University.

Upon her 1944 matriculation from SUNY (Oneonta), Ann began a lengthy professional career with the Copiague, Long Island school system. She advanced progressively over a 42-year tenure from instructor of various subjects at all grade levels to leadership positions, culminating in Supervisor of Instruction and Elementary School Principal. Ann’s legacy of exceptional service to students, parents, and staff continue to yield letters of appreciation and led to her memorialization in the book “Intimate Portraits of Old Copiague” – one of but a handful of educators cited therein.

In her retirement, Ann engaged in many interests including world travel, tennis, golf, duplicate bridge, mahjong, reading, and volunteer service. She served as a volunteer broadcaster to the visually impaired through the North Carolina Radio Reading Service at Fayetteville State University and lent her leadership experience to serve as a mediator for the Cumberland County Dispute Resolution Center. Ann found these efforts especially rewarding and attributes her longevity and mental acuity to these athletic and intellectual pursuits.

Ann became active in civic and community activities upon her relocation to Bermuda Run in 1989, beginning with election to the Board of Directors of the Bermuda Run Homeowners Association. Ann was an active member of the Nine Hole Ladies Golf Association and served several years on the Bermuda Run Country Club Board of Governors. Ann was often sought to hold various positions throughout the Bermuda Village Retirement Center community – holding office in both the BV Residents Association and the BV Condo Association.

Ann was an active member and long-time lector of Holy Family Catholic Church in Clemmons, where a Funeral Mass is scheduled for Friday, December 19, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 4600 Park Rd, Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209 or to a charity of the donor’s choice. Hayworth-Miller Kinderton Chapel is serving the Agresti family.